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Nerdio

Score9.9 out of 10

14 Reviews and Ratings

What is Nerdio?

Nerdio is a platform designed to simplify and enhance the management of virtual desktops in Microsoft Azure and physical devices with Microsoft Intune. It offers two main products:

- Nerdio Manager for MSP: This platform is tailored for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to streamline the deployment, management, and optimization of virtual desktop environments for their clients. Key features include pricing estimation, intuitive management portals, cost monitoring, and Azure cost optimization through automated scaling.

- Nerdio Manager for Enterprise: Designed for large organizations, this platform enables efficient operation of extensive Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and Cloud PC deployments. It offers a user-friendly interface for IT teams, cost reduction through auto-scaling, enhanced security features, and unified management for physical devices, Cloud PCs, and AVD desktops.


Both Nerdio Manager platforms aim to address the complexities of managing virtual desktops, reduce Azure costs, and provide a more intuitive and streamlined experience for IT professionals and MSPs.

Nerdio Rocks

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Nerdio to manage our entire user VDI environment. Our Azure Virtual Desktop Session Host Pools require significant customisation which Nerdio delivers extremely well. We also want to minimise our spend in Azure and the ability to create simple scale out and in rules is perfect. The Nerdio platform allows me to manage all of this from one pane

Pros

  • Cost Savings
  • Central Control
  • Managing Complexity
  • Scheduling

Cons

  • Faster image loading
  • Better error messaging
  • Clearer menus

Return on Investment

  • Reduce costs
  • Quicker technical response times
  • Single point of failure

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Citrix DaaS

Other Software Used

Arctic Wolf Managed Risk, CrowdStrike Falcon, GitHub

Nerdio's the Best!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We're an MSP and have deployed Nerdio to a couple of CPA firm clients. By having a scalable environment, the firms are able to bring on temporary CPAs, at will, for as long or short a period as necessary seamlessly. Also, accounting applications require frequent, labor heavy, updates that working off of a single image streamlines.

Pros

  • AutoScale
  • Image Management
  • Azure Front End GUI

Cons

  • Documentation
  • Price estimates
  • Call in support

Return on Investment

  • Client Satisfaction
  • Internal Azure Exposure for less technical resources
  • Internal Azure Exposure for less technical resources

Usability

Other Software Used

QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise, CCH Axcess

Nerdio is a masterpiece !

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Nerdio streamlines IT management by simplifying deployment, automating tasks, optimizing costs, ensuring security, enabling scalability, and facilitating collaboration, making it an invaluable tool for organizations aiming to harness the power of cloud computing effectively. After Nerdio implementation, our company Cloud cost decreased significantly, enough for our Nerdio licenses and less man hours working on manual tasks

Pros

  • Automation
  • Cost optimization
  • Deployment
  • Management

Cons

  • Security
  • Simplicity
  • Licenses cost

Return on Investment

  • Return of investment
  • Learning opportunities
  • Career advancement

Alternatives Considered

Nutanix AHV

Other Software Used

VMware vCenter, Windows Server, Veritas NetBackup

Nerdio makes Azure management easy

Pros

  • Simplifies management tasks for Azure
  • Simplifies creation of servers
  • Great support from the Nerdio team

Cons

  • I can't think of any areas that need improvement

Most Important Features

  • Simplified interface to manage Azure

Return on Investment

  • Nerdio has enabled us to provide Azure computing environment for businesses
  • Nerdio provides an interface to manage and support Azure

Very happy to be working with AdarIT/Nerdio!

Pros

  • Responsiveness to problems we experience
  • Working until we are satisfied with the response
  • Helping us stay on top of issues that may be problematic down the road

Cons

  • My only complaint would be when we are adding new users and thinking/testing to make sure we've covered all our bases

Return on Investment

  • We are able to work anywhere at anytime. This is important given the nature of our business.